What I did after installing Ubuntu 13.10

Install Language Support

First thing that pops up is the update information dialogue box saying, there is incomplete language support. Because by default, Ubuntu doesn’t have that support built in. Fix that if you want.

However, I ignored it. I didn’t, because those are help files for libre office and my pc system language is EN-GB, they are proofing tools for Libre office in British English.
I am pretty sure i am not gonna use Libre Office for a while.
Because i have Google Drive and Sky Drive and many online tools for word, excel and powerpoint.

Add Canonical Partner Repositories and Allow 3rd party softwares to be installed

Goto System Settings>Softwares and Updates, click on the Other Software tab, and check “Canonical Partners” and “Independent”.

Select the best server for Ubuntu

System Settings> Softwares & Updates and click on Download from.
Select Best Server, and click Choose Server. For me, it was, ftp.sunet.net as i am currently in Sweden.

Select best server for Ubuntu

Download and install updates

Since Ubuntu 13.10 was released, many things has been changed and many updates has been released. So run the following commands, if you are not already prompted to do so (That is gonna take a while at the very first time).

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Stop Mouse Flickering and Disappearing

Mouse is flickering, which is pretty annoying. Fix that by deleting the extra unknown monitor, from System Settings> Screen Display. Click the Unknown Display and turn it OFF. Click “Apply” and then click “Keep this configuration”.

I also recommend running fixubuntu, but it will disable the online results on your dash, (Dash sends your search terms online, and shows online results, which compromises your privacy! Although i don’t mind about that!). So, do understand the Fixubuntu code before applying it.

Remove shopping and crappy scopes from Unity Dash

Hit SUPER KEY+A (winlogokey+A), or goto Dash>Application lens.
On the right side, click Filter Results and from the Type, select only Dash Plugins and de-select the others.

Then Disable: Amazon, Ebay, Popular Tracks Online, Skimlinks, Ubuntu One Music Search, Ubuntu Shop (And any other scope you don’t like).

Fix the two finger tap middle click problem

I am tried the Archlinux way this time by adding settings in the 50-synaptics.conf file. (Be careful while playing with the /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf file, because any mistake will cause boot failure problem. I will write more about those later on.)

Once again, Warning!! playing with this setting will result in a crashed boot up. And getting out of that crap is not that easy. If you are a noob like me, then you might need to reinstall ubuntu from the scratch. Luckily, after two hours of trying i managed to fix the boot without reinstalling Ubuntu.

Here is how (i will write about it later).

The Gnome settings daemon may override existing settings (for example ones set in xorg.conf.d). It is possible to stop gnome from touching mouse settings at all:

Run dconf-editor
Edit /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/mouse/ (or /org/cinnamon/settings-daemon/plugins/mouse/ for cinnamon) and uncheck the Active setting.

I insalled them from the Ubuntu Software Center.
Install Skype : Do i really need to explain what Skype is?

Note: Always install Skype from the Ubuntu Software Center, NOT from the Skype Website. It doesn’t show the indicator on the top panel.

Install VLC : One multimedia player does it all. You can forget about Rhythmbox or any other player.
Install Cheese : Take a picture with your webcam.
Install Shutter : Equivalent to the “Snipping Tool” of Windows.
Install Cairo-dock : Mac like dock for Linux.
Install Vuze : Torrent client.
Install chromium or chrome (They are 99.99% same) : Install Google Chrome from here.

Disable Error Reporting

Run the following in terminal

sudo gedit /etc/default/apport

and set enabled=0

Enable HTML5 in Youtube

Go to Youtube, scroll down to the bottom and click “Try something new”, under the HTML5 Video and click “Try It Out”. On the bottom, click “Request the HTML5 Player”.

Install (System Load Indicator) Multiload Indicator

System Load Indicator is a part of the popular System Monitor GNOME Panel applet and it can display CPU, memory, network usage, hard disk I/O and more on the panel. Install it from the from the terminal:

sudo apt-get install indicator-multiload

Install Laptop Mode Tools

There are two tools you can use to improve your laptop’s battery life: laptop-mode-tools orTLP. Both try to achieve the same thing, but from what I’ve read, TLP seems to save a bit more power. However, TLP is only available in a PPA so if you don’t like adding PPAs, install laptop-mode-tools.

Thank you ugly duck. I came here from google while trying to fix my new trackpad problems. I was almost ready to do fresh install with frustration but you’ve saved my day. Many other great tweaks here to. Thanks man.